by Dave Garrett | Aug 2, 2022 | Career, PMI
Earlier this year, searches for “project management” reached an all-time high on Google, and these searches are widespread, reaching the far corners of the globe. With many workers seeking flexible work arrangements, opportunities for advancement, and a greater sense...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 14, 2022 | Career
Networking doesn’t come easily to everyone. I have certainly struggled with some aspects of networking, particularly striking up conversations with strangers and even colleagues I don’t know that well. I find building working relationships with my colleagues much...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jul 11, 2022 | Career, How To
Listing projects on your resume helps make your job application stand out. You can draw a recruiter’s attention to your skills, teamwork, leadership, and achievements. Here’s how to showcase your projects on your CV (as we call a resume here in the UK, and I’ll use...
by Charlie Davidson | Jun 25, 2022 | Career, Glossary, Skills, This article contains affiliate links.
Have you ever heard of a T-shaped developer? It’s a common phrase used in software development where the developer has broad experience in their role but is also profoundly skilled in one specific area. The horizontal bar of the “T” represents their broader skill set....
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 25, 2022 | Career, Video
In 2012, I went to Las Vegas for the Pink Elephant ITSM conference. I took some time out of the conference to meet Dave Gordon, author and the project management expert behind The Practicing IT Project Manager website, which has sadly since been taken offline as I...
by Mark Phillips | Jun 21, 2022 | Career, This article contains affiliate links.
“What is above all needed is to let the meaning choose the word, and not the other way about.”George Orwell George Orwell’s essay, Politics and the English Language, is the last essay in his wonderful Penguin Book called Why I Write. In the essay, he castigates...